Tag / Asian American filmmakers

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Bite-sized blog post: Alice Wu

Alice Wu

ALICE WU has a BS amd a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University.

She left a job at Microsoft in Seattle to pursue filmmaking and directed her first feature film Saving Face (2004), one of the few films with a full Chinese-American cast bank rolled by Hollywood after winning the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment award, was based on a novel she wrote about her experiences coming out to her family.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Interview
New York Magazine
Kissing Vivian Shing – New York Times
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2004 Saving Face

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Bite-sized blog post: Joyce Wu

Joyce Wu

JOYCE WU grew up in Detroit and directed theatre before heading to NYU for her MFA in film.

Her recent feature film She Lights Up Well (2014) reveals autobiographical elements focusing on an Asian American filmmaker who hails from Detroit. It is distributed via iTunes and Verizon on demand.

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Where to watch her films:

iTUNES

VIMEO

MR. RIGHT THE WEBSERIES

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find  her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Joyce Wu’s Website
Interview
Head First Into the Deep End: An Interview with Joyce Wu
She Lights Up Well on Facebook

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2014-2015Mr. Right (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– Episode #1.6 (2015)
– Episode #1.5 (2014)
– Episode #1.4 (2014)
– Episode #1.3 (2014)
– Episode #1.2 (2014)
Show all 6 episodes
 2013Screaming in Asian (Short)
 2011The Man Downstairs (Short)
 2011Withholding (Short)
 2010Havdalah (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jessica Yu

Jessica Yu behind the camera

The 1996 documentary short Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien won JESSICA YU an Oscar for Best Documentary Short where she quipped, “You know you’ve entered new territory when you realize that your outfit cost more than your film.”

Yu never attended film school but has gone on to direct for television, as well as documentary and fiction features and experimental films – including the 2008 film Ping Pong Playa.

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

FANDOR

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs for PURCHASE)

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Facebook
DGA Close-up
Director Jessica Yu Paves The Way For Women in Filmmaking
Indiewire Interview
Los Angeles Times Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013The Guide (Documentary) (completed)
 2015American Crime (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Episode Nine (2015)
 2012-2014Parenthood (TV Series) (4 episodes)
– Too Big to Fail (2014)
 2014/IMisconception (Documentary)
 2012Scandal (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Blown Away (2012)
 2012Meet Mr Toilet (Short)
2006-2011Grey’s Anatomy (TV Series) (6 episodes)
– Heart-Shaped Box (2011)
 2011Last Call at the Oasis (Documentary)
 2009The Kinda Sutra (Documentary short)
 2007Protagonist (Documentary)
 2001-2004The West Wing (TV Series) (3 episodes)
– Real-To-Reel (2004)
 2004In the Realms of the Unreal (Documentary)
 2003The Lyon’s Den (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Pilot (2003)
 2003Mister Sterling (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Sins of the Father (2003)
2003The Guardian (TV Series) (1 episode)
– You Belong to Me (2003)
 2002ER (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Bygones (2002)
 1998The Living Museum (Documentary)
 1998Better Late (Short)
 1993Sour Death Balls (Short)